Despite international outcry against slavery across the globe, Mauritanian authorities continue their crackdown on anti-slavery activists with the arrest recently of abolitionist Biram Ould Abeid who was interrogated by authorities following three days of demonstrations led by the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA). Analysts consider his arrest as a move by the government to […]
Italy has said it is ready to send peacekeepers to Libya after Prime Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Faiez Serraj, called on the UN to send troops to protect civilians trapped in the crossfire since April amid the ongoing military offensive against Tripoli by forces loyal to eastern renegade commander Khalifa […]
Morocco’s women entrepreneurs have accessed €30 million in financing and received comprehensive business support through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s decade-old Women in Business program, with 5,000 female business owners benefiting from the initiative over a decade. The figures were disclosed during the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the program held in […]
